Guest guest Posted October 17, 2002 Report Share Posted October 17, 2002 Dear Len, I read somewhere the other month that an ancient form of Ganesh (if memory serves, sacred to the Ganapatians) consisted of Ganesh with female consort sitting on his thigh, her hand holding (massaging?) his you-know-what. Since reading that it has been impossible for me to look upon any Ganesh/consort image without wondering why she's holding a lump of fudge instead of a you-know-what. Make that you- know-whose you-know-what. Which presumably, like the good citizens who bring us puritanism, is upstanding. One of these days I am going to replicate that image... I saw a bottle of sandalwood oil at the local health food store the other day. An essential oil. The bottle was half the size of your pinky. The price was $60. Hm....that's the sort of thing one buys at year end with Xmas money. Oh yes, speaking of Chrystos. That was the term classic Greeks applied to stone phalli, which would be annointed ("christened") with sacred oils and then mounted by pious ladies in search of fecundity. The word later morphed into Christ because there was no word in Hebrew for annointing. Odd, no? That a religion so dedicated to doing away with the lingam should be so closely associated with it? (This of course has little to do with Issa, whose attitude towards such topics was certainly looser than the nuts who took over his legacy, such as Paul of Tarsus, who, I am firmly convinced NEVER figured out how to deal with any lingam, his own or anyone else's.) In general, in tantric parlance, white = male; red = female. I'm sure you can do the math. OM-AH-HUNG is white/red/blue. Love, Scott , Black Lotus L Rosenberg <kalipadma@j...> wrote: > > > On Thu, 17 Oct 2002 12:14:20 -0000 "Scott Hutton" <hmshutton> > writes: > > > > Sorry, no picture and I do not own a camera. It looks pretty much > > like all the other lingams except the red "splash", while a well > > behaved horizontal oval on one side, on the other looks for all the > > world like Merlin (Shiva?) madly dancing. > > Cool! I have one such Narmada lingam which I purchased years ago by mail > order. Alas, the red mark is almost non-existant -- a thin, pale streak > near the bottom of the "egg." It was disappointing, as I am more Shakta > than Shaiva. > > Another western <sadhaka> recently explained to me that the red mark was > supposed to represent Parvati's menstrual fluid smeared on Shiva's > lingam. This was a revelation to me. "Haven't you ever made love to a > woman during her period?" asked the astounded <sadhaka>. (Uhn -- no. I > had limited sexual contacts with ladies in my youth, and have been in gay > relationships for the past 12 years... Perhaps a lingam unstained by > menses is <appropriate> for a poofter like me!) > > > > Besides this I own one > > small lingam, about the size of half a thumb, which I often carry > > around in a medicine bag. > > I was gifted with a silver pendant of Lingayat design, to hold a similar > "mini-lingam." The Lingayats wore their stone Shiva-lingams thus, as a > sign of their faith. > > My late friend David Ganesh carried a small lingam-yoni carved from rock > crystal in a medicine pouch. He would remove it while in restaurants, > and perform <abhishekam> (pouring water over it) in the saucer of his > coffee-cup. > > Apropos of this List, I've read of a Ganesh Lingam. Has anyone seen one, > and how does it differ from a Shiva Lingam? > > > > I once knew of a collection of perhaps 12 or 14 large lingams, which > > the owner would arrange in a circle, sort of like Stonehenge. > > Together they created an energy field impossible to ignore. Do you > > ever grid yours up like this? > > I received a couple of catalogs, many years ago, from a purveyor of > Tantrik paraphernalia located in the American South. One cover had a > photo of the owner seated in <padmasana> in the center of a circle of > huge (2-foot tall or more) Narmada lingams such as you describe. The > guy's expression of bliss as he meditated thus was so contagious, I > wished I could reach out and hug him! > > > > I have always treated this lingam like a special, special sacred > > stone but I have never attempted to replicate the Indian forms of > > veneration. This one gets rubbed with marble polish to keep it in > > good shape and, now and again, I dump a very fine essential oil of > > rose on it to keep its vibes high. > > My Narmada Lingam sits on my altar in front of the statues of Nataraj and > Parvati. It gets incense waved over it during pujas, and a flower > plopped atop it, too. Holy water poured over it occasionally on a > Monday. Once or twice a year I rub it down with sandalwood oil -- I've > noticed that when I do this, some life-transforming occurence inevitably > follows. > > > > It sits atop an African bracelet > > made of stone...and has a swatch of black silk for a robe...Ganesh > > seems real content to sit by its side. Sometimes I put it outside > > for a few days, to let the sunlight and wind and rain and earth > > invigorate it... > > A great idea, Scott. I've been tempted to expose my Lingam (hmm... > perhaps I should rephrase that!), I mean, my <Shiva> Lingam to the rays > of the full moon, or the Summer Solstice sun... > > -- Len/ Kalipadma > > > ______________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 19, 2002 Report Share Posted October 19, 2002 thanks for the post I laughed like a crazzy nun! Best wishes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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